Yohji Yamamoto Homme
The opening is bright and straightforward—bergamot and lemon that feel more utilitarian than jubilant, like fresh air through an open studio window.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Leather70
- Citrus60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Pear
- Yuzu
- Lemon
- Bergamot
- Leather
- Violet Leaf
- Sage
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is bright and straightforward—bergamot and lemon that feel more utilitarian than jubilant, like fresh air through an open studio window. It sets a stage rather than demanding attention.
Violet leaf and sage arrive quickly, cooling the citrus into something almost metallic, then leather emerges with a papery dryness that suggests new journals rather than old jackets. There's an astringency here, a refusal to comfort. The wood base—sandalwood, cedar, patchouli—stays quiet and linear, more architectural than warm.
This is fragrance as minimalism: clean lines, restrained gestures, no ornament. It suits someone who prefers grey cashmere to bold patterns, who values clarity over drama. Not austere, but never trying to charm.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
